Gbolade Akinwale
Gbolade Akinwale is a Nigerian historian and writer dedicated to shedding light on the full range of the nation’s past. His work cuts across timelines and topics, exploring power, people, memory, resistance, identity, and everyday life. With a voice grounded in truth and clarity, he treats history not just as record, but as a tool for understanding, reclaiming, and reimagining Nigeria’s future.
Ancient & Pre-Colonial Nigeria
Northern Nigerian Rulers at Croydon Aerodrome, Aviation, Empire, and a Photograph That Traveled the World
On 2 July 1934, Croydon Aerodrome became the setting for a striking imperial era...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Fela Sowande in London, The Making of a Modern African Classical Voice
A photograph taken around 1937 shows Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo Sowande, known globally as Fela...
Biographies & Cultural Icons of Nigeria
Ajala on Two Wheels, How Olabisi Ajala Made Travel a Nigerian Symbol
The late 1950s were not an age of easy movement. International travel was costly,...